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Austin, By the Numbers
- Number of horses that died mysteriously within a 24-hour period at a College Station stable last week: 27 [info]
- Minimum projected cost to renew or apply for new drivers' licenses in Texas when new federal laws going into place in 2008: $100 [info]
- Amount raised, thus far, for the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes by Austinites David Broyles and Rush Vann, who successfully completed a 12.5-mile swim across the Strait of Gibraltar last week: $62,563.11 [info]
- Number of miles the two swam, as of July 7th, in preparation for the crossing: 252 [info]
- Amount that nonprofit food provider and shelter Dream Center Austin owes in past-due utility bills: $25,000 [info]
- Number of people the organization fed every month: 3,000 [info]
- Total funding earmarked by a statewide initiative to provide affordable housing for low to moderate-income minority and underserved families: $5.4 billion [info]
- Amount to be disbursed to Austin families: $637 million [info]
- Winning auction bid for a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar custom painted with Butthead's face and autographed by Beavis and Butthead-creator Mike Judge: $3,550 [info]
- Number of new employees that Swedish home retail giant Ikea is recruiting for their new Round Rock store: 300 [info]
- Rank of Austin-based Whole Foods and H.E.B. among the EPA's top 10 list of Green Power retail partners: 1, 6 [info]
- Texas' rank among the states in terms of wind energy production: 1 [info]
- Number of houses our windmills could power: 600,000 [info]
- Governer Perry's job approval rating as of July 20, according to a poll conducted by CBS 42 News: 47 [info]
- President Bush's job approval rating as of July 19, according to a poll conducted by Harris Interactive: 33 [info]
- Increase in number of jobs in Austin over the last year: 26,500 [info]
- Length, in feet, of a 600-pound shark found off the coast of Port Aransas, later turned into steaks: 12.7 [info]
- New maximum fine for violating a New Braunfels noise ordinance, aimed at tubers on the Guadalupe River: $500 [info]
- Minimum number of loft and condo projects either proposed or under construction in South and East Austin: 26 [info]
- Estimated number of residential units this will add to the housing market: 5,686 [info]
- Number of people currently living in downtown Austin: 5,400 [info]
- Number of cars stolen in Austin "hotspots" last month: 81 [info]
- Estimated cost of a new ice maker to be installed in Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick's Capitol apartment, according to documents published by the State Preservation Board: $4,195 [info]
- Top height, in miles, to be reached by a new commercial space vehicle funded by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, located in West Texas: 61.5 [info]
- Altitude, in miles, at which space is considered to start: 62 [info]
- Likely fine per violation for driving through camera-equipped red traffic lights, if Austin City Council passes a plan this week for their implementation: $75 [info]
- Number of "adoptable" animals euthanized in Austin in 2005: 2,409 [info]
- Rough number of average daily visits to Austin public libraries in 2006: 9,000 [info]
- Estimated number of bed bug bites suffered by a family staying at the Crestwood Suites in Austin, later kicked out by hotel management for complaining: 80 [info]
- Minimum cost to book Donnie Roberts, Austin-based Elvis impersonator, for your private party: $200 [info]
- Cost per mile, after a basic hourly rate, of Austin's new nonprofit CarShare program: 44¢ [info]
- Max asking price on eBay for a pair of sold-out Austin City Limits 3-Day Passes: $499 [info]
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